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New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms and…

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium…

In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants…